Use CSPRNG to generate objectIds

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Dmitry Chestnykh
2016-01-30 09:02:02 +01:00
parent 774de7b4c6
commit c13b61f07e

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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
// that writes to the database.
// This could be either a "create" or an "update".
var crypto = require('crypto');
var deepcopy = require('deepcopy');
var rack = require('hat').rack();
@@ -702,15 +703,18 @@ RestWrite.prototype.objectId = function() {
return this.data.objectId || this.query.objectId;
};
// Returns a string that's usable as an object id.
// Probably unique. Good enough? Probably!
// Returns a unique string that's usable as an object id.
function newObjectId() {
var chars = ('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' +
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' +
'0123456789');
var objectId = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
objectId += chars[Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length)];
var bytes = crypto.randomBytes(10);
for (var i = 0; i < bytes.length; ++i) {
// Note: there is a slight modulo bias, because chars length
// of 62 doesn't divide the number of all bytes (256) evenly.
// It is acceptable for our purposes.
objectId += chars[bytes.readUInt8(i) % chars.length];
}
return objectId;
}